Europe Tour 2023-24; Episode # 3; The Resident Platz & Hoff Garten

Europe Tour 2023-24; Episode # 3; The Resident Platz & Hoff Garten

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Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Church of the Holy Spirit; lit. ’Holy Ghost Church’)
is a Gothic hall church in Munich, southern Germany, originally belonging to the Hospice of the Holy Ghost (14th century).
It was remodelled in 1724–30 by Johann Georg Ettenhofer [de] (vaults, renovation of pillars); in the interior are Rococo frescoes and stucco ornament by the Asam brothers. After the demolition of the hospice buildings in 1885, Franz Lšwel added three bays at the west end of the church and gave it a Neo-Baroque facade. The church suffered severe damage during World War II and its interior furnishings were largely destroyed; extensive rebuilding and restoration was carried out after the war in the 1950s.
In the late 1960s, architect Erwin Schleich replaced the church’s simple white interiors from the 1950s renovation with recreations of its original frescoes and Rococo ornementation.

Viktualien Markt, Munich:
The Viktualienmarkt is a daily food market and a square in the center of Munich, Germany. It has been held daily since 1807, except on Sundays and public holidays.The Viktualienmarkt developed from an original farmers’ market to a popular market for gourmets. In an area covering 140 stalls and shops offers items including flowers, exotic fruit, game, poultry, spices, cheese, fish, and juices.
When today’s Marienplatz (formerly Schrannenplatz) as a store for cereals and other agricultural products had become too small, Viktualienmarkt as its official successor evolved where it is still situated today due to a decree issued by King Maximilian I on 2 May, 1807. The King ordered that those parts of the market between Heiliggeist Church and Frauenstraße should be relocated and told municipal authorities to demolish the buildings of the Heiliggeist hospice which had been acquired by the city. Thus, the “green market” had its own place, which was also named “market place” for some time. It was only later that the word “Viktualien” (victuals), Latin for food, was used.

Munich Residency:
The Residenz (German Residence) in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture, room decorations, and displays from the former royal collections.
The complex of buildings contains ten courtyards and displays 130 rooms. The three main parts are the Königsbau (near the Max-Joseph-Platz), the Alte Residenz (Old Residenz; towards the Residenzstraße) and the Festsaalbau (towards the Hofgarten). A wing of the Festsaalbau contains the Cuvilliés Theatre since the reconstruction of the Residenz after World War II.
The Byzantine Court Church of All Saints (Allerheiligen-Hofkirche) at the east side is facing the Marstall, the building for the former Court Riding School and the royal stables.

Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan:
The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan and Adelaide (German: Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan und Adelheid)[2] is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany. Built from 1663 to 1690, it was founded by Elector Ferdinand Maria and his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel, in 1662. Now administered by the Dominican Friars, it is also known as the Dominican Priory of St. Cajetan.
The church was built in Italian high-Baroque style, inspired by Sant’Andrea della Valle in Rome, designed by the Italian architect Agostino Barelli. His successor, Enrico Zuccalli, added two 66 meters high towers, originally not planned, and then finished the 71-metre-high (233 ft) dome in 1690. The church is 72 metres (236 ft) long and 15.5 metres (51 ft) wide. The facade in Rococo style was completed only in 1768 by François de Cuvilliés. Its Mediterranean appearance and yellow coloring became a well known symbol for the city and had much influence on Southern German Baroque
architecture.

Hoff Garten, Munich:
The history of the Munich Court Garden at the current location began in 1560 under Duke Albrecht of Bavaria with the creation of a new Renaissance garden with a (not preserved) pleasure house and a (partially preserved) arcade north of an older complex from the early 16th century. The pleasure house was located in the northeast corner of the current area and was integrated into the expanded garden in the next phase. In 1613–1617, Maximilian I of Bavaria expanded the complex westward to its current extent. In 1614, according to the court accounts, the area was marked out, the first plants were brought in and the foundations for the Temple of Diana were laid in the center. As a result, various buildings were built on the east side and an arcade was built around the complex. All that remains is the Temple of Diana, completed in 1616 , and parts of the arcades from a later renovation.
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